David Cherkassky


David Yanovich Cherkassky was a Soviet and Ukrainian animated film director and screenwriter. His work in the Kievnauchfilm studio include The Adventures of Captain Wrongel, Doctor Aybolit, and Treasure Island.

Biography

David Cherkassky was born in 1931 into a Jewish household in Shpola, [Ukrainian Soviet Union|Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]. Cherkassky graduated from the Kiev Construction Engineering Institute. He noted that Soviet parents anticipated that the Soviet Union will participate in war and so registered their children later to delay them to be drafted to army. Cherkassky in interview acknowledged that he was born on 23 August 1932. During World War II, he and his mother were evacuated to a village near the Russian city of Chkalov.
David Cherkassky was a member of the Ukrainian gymnast team. From his 50s into his 80s, Cherkassky enjoyed alpine skiing.
After the death of Stalin, Cherkassky found out that his family origin is a small city of Shpola in Central Ukraine and he has some extensive family in the United States. His father was a director of typography after the revolution and later he served as an assistant to People's Commissar of Justice.
Cherkassky was an academician of the Academy of Television, a corresponding member of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, and a member of the National Unions of Cinematographers and Journalists of Ukraine. He was awarded the titles of Merited Artist of Ukraine in 1995, People's Artist of Ukraine in 2010, and Order of Merit in 2002 and 2007.
He was married to animator and animation director Natalya Marchenkova.
Following his death on 30 October 2018, David Cherkassky was buried in the in Kyiv.

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